The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, by the British composer Karl Jenkins, was canceled in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire. The piece contains an adhan, the Muslim call to prayer interpreted for two minutes, by a reciter, towards the beginning of the room.
The incident was revived on January 8 by an article on the website Riposte Catholique, close to the traditionalist movement. The news and “Catholic reinformation” portal has designated a series of L'Homme Armée concerts scheduled in French churches as “desecration”